SOC 469 Step-Parenting & Blended Families

This course will focus on understanding complex kinship relationships that develop through step-parenting and blended families. The course will include a discussion of various forms of parent-child relationships; parenting roles and authority as it relates to being a step-parent; understanding different variations and challenges of blended families; and various topics such as discipline, roles, communication, managing emotions, and parenting styles in blended families.